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cantor. some democrats oppose the deal. in the senate, iowa democrat tom harkin was one of eight senators who voted against it. >> i am not saying everything this deal is bad. there are some good parts to this. but i repeat, i am concerned about this constant drift bit by bit, deal by deal toward more deficits, less job creation, more and fairness, less economic justice. a society where the gap goes wider between the few who have much in the many who have too little. so, mr. president, for these reasons, i must in good conscience vote no on this bill. >> despite passage of the deal, many in the u.s. was the tax increase after the expiration of the payroll tax cut enacted in 2011. when we come back from the break, we will be joined by a boston economist juliet schor. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. back in a minute. ♪ [music break] >> "unsatisfied." this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman wit
cantor. some democrats oppose the deal. in the senate, iowa democrat tom harkin was one of eight senators who voted against it. >> i am not saying everything this deal is bad. there are some good parts to this. but i repeat, i am concerned about this constant drift bit by bit, deal by deal toward more deficits, less job creation, more and fairness, less economic justice. a society where the gap goes wider between the few who have much in the many who have too little. so, mr. president,...
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the leadership or refer to speaker john boehner, minority leader eric cantor, kevin mccarthy. it's not for this class of 87 freshman. the class of 2010. would be minority leader boehner. these guys came and not beholden by any means to leadership and made it clear from the outset that they were not just going to be told to fall into line. the real problem for modeled this republican leadership, but to prove to be the case if the democrats regain power is that the enforcement tools of yesteryear are indeed of yesteryear, since it earmarks have now been banned, since the blogosphere you can turn somebody into an instant martyr by stripping them of their committee assignments. it's very, very hard to use a stake in addition to a kerry. there's a .. of my book i referred to after the debt ceiling fiasco of the summer of 2011 when they came back in yet another conjuring resolution used to fund the government and the obama administration had passed a budget was coming up. the republican leadership believed they couldn't use the vote in fact there are members voted against it. the ap
the leadership or refer to speaker john boehner, minority leader eric cantor, kevin mccarthy. it's not for this class of 87 freshman. the class of 2010. would be minority leader boehner. these guys came and not beholden by any means to leadership and made it clear from the outset that they were not just going to be told to fall into line. the real problem for modeled this republican leadership, but to prove to be the case if the democrats regain power is that the enforcement tools of yesteryear...
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i'm with eric cantor. this bill in its present form is not good enough and the american people are smart enough to know that what you don't pay today and owe tomorrow, you'll have to pay tomorrow. >> we've got to go, congressman. you still have confidence in the speak a speaker? >> i have confidence in the speaker. he's making the process open but of course that includes people like myself and leader cantor who say we have to be open to change. >> darrell issa, thank you very much. >>> much more and the white house reaction to this latest rift between the house speaker and the republican majority leader when it comes to the fiscal cliff bill. what's going on? >>> plus. >> the latest on hillary clinton's blood clot. when she might be released from the hospital, what could it mean for her future. lots of news happening right here right now in "the situation room." look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice
i'm with eric cantor. this bill in its present form is not good enough and the american people are smart enough to know that what you don't pay today and owe tomorrow, you'll have to pay tomorrow. >> we've got to go, congressman. you still have confidence in the speak a speaker? >> i have confidence in the speaker. he's making the process open but of course that includes people like myself and leader cantor who say we have to be open to change. >> darrell issa, thank you very...
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this is a speaker that can't deliver his own troops, and eric cantor can't conceal or hide his personal ambition, if boehner looks fragile or doesn't want to continue to be a weakenedwe speaker, cantor will be moree than glad to take up the reins. >> is the irony, about 20 seconds, that boehner appears to be the ehmoderate in all of thi? >> yeah, boehner is it the diplomate, let's put it thatth way, or is at least interested in greg things done, the -- getting things done. the same thing for mcdonnelling but there aren't too many people that fit that moniker. >>> the children who escaped the connecticut school shooting prepare to return to school in a neighboring town.hb >> also ahead, a masking gunman stop a delivery truck driver an steals several packages. now dc police want to know ifkn this robbery is connected to a similar crime. >> can being overweight protect you eagainst premature death?prt the surprising results of a newe study. study. >>> it is playoff week for the red kings, the team hit -- redskins, the team hypotheticalo the practice field -- hit
this is a speaker that can't deliver his own troops, and eric cantor can't conceal or hide his personal ambition, if boehner looks fragile or doesn't want to continue to be a weakenedwe speaker, cantor will be moree than glad to take up the reins. >> is the irony, about 20 seconds, that boehner appears to be the ehmoderate in all of thi? >> yeah, boehner is it the diplomate, let's put it thatth way, or is at least interested in greg things done, the -- getting things done. the same...
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eric cantor met with us through the week. he devised the strategy how to bring it to the floor to make it acceptable, to let reps who wanted to vote against certain parts of the bill they could do that, but the bill was going to pass, but listen, the bottom line is the republican speaker walked off the floor without allowing a vote. these republicans have no problem finding new york when they want money. they sent governor christie around the country raising millions for them. anyone from new york or new jersey who contributes one penny to the republican congressional campaign committee should have their head examined. i'm talking about the people in the neighborhood, people out of the homes, living in devastated homes. people who have lost their -- all that a lifelong possessions is absolutely disgraceful. i have to go back now, this weekend i'll be telling these people why the congress of the united states refused to give them the food and shelter that every other region has gotten. i gladly voted when it came to knit other
eric cantor met with us through the week. he devised the strategy how to bring it to the floor to make it acceptable, to let reps who wanted to vote against certain parts of the bill they could do that, but the bill was going to pass, but listen, the bottom line is the republican speaker walked off the floor without allowing a vote. these republicans have no problem finding new york when they want money. they sent governor christie around the country raising millions for them. anyone from new...
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cantor coming up. >> stephanie: crazy cowboy, eric eric cantor. >> okay corral. and it won't be okay for you. it will be super okay for me because i moisturize. >> stephanie: oh, boehner boehner. ♪ ♪ i am just an orange boy ♪ ♪ i have squandered my influence for a pocketful of tax cuts for the filthy rich ♪ ♪ my eyes get wet still a man cries when he thinks about which fabric is the best ♪ ♪ on the house floor stands the boehner and he's whining constantly ♪ ♪ and the fiscal cliff reminds him of every vote that let him down ♪ ♪ as he cried out in his anger and his shame ♪ ♪ i'm weeping i am weeping but he still remains ♪ ♪ crying eyes ♪ ♪ crying eyes ♪ >> yea! rocky mountain mike. >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike never on vacation. >> never. >> stephanie: you gotta keep working while mama's on vacation. go! great stuff. we have more. >> the boehner. >> stephanie: sunday, he warned president obama he should not cast blame on republicans. no! why would he do that? for a possible failure. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] becaus
cantor coming up. >> stephanie: crazy cowboy, eric eric cantor. >> okay corral. and it won't be okay for you. it will be super okay for me because i moisturize. >> stephanie: oh, boehner boehner. ♪ ♪ i am just an orange boy ♪ ♪ i have squandered my influence for a pocketful of tax cuts for the filthy rich ♪ ♪ my eyes get wet still a man cries when he thinks about which fabric is the best ♪ ♪ on the house floor stands the boehner and he's whining constantly ♪...
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then had you majority leader eric cantor and republican whip kevin mccarthy who voted no. cantor said he was disappointed with the bill. here's how it was sold to republicans. >> so by making republican tax cuts permanent, we're one step closer to comprehensive tax reform that will help strengthen our economy and create more and higher paychecks for american workers. >> what's interesting is with a lot of big bills you see the speaker get up and try to fire up his troops to vote for it you will see the majority leader eric cantor try to get up and fire up the base to vote for it. in this case, it was left to the chairman of the house ways and means committee, dave camp. jon? >> jon: not a lot of holiday cheer among two of the most powerful people on the hill. >> that's right. you could definitely feel the tension going higher and higher the closer it got to the deadline. last friday at the white house, fox news has confirmed speaker john boehner told senate majority leader harry reid to, quote: f himself twice after reid had said boehner was running the house like a dictat
then had you majority leader eric cantor and republican whip kevin mccarthy who voted no. cantor said he was disappointed with the bill. here's how it was sold to republicans. >> so by making republican tax cuts permanent, we're one step closer to comprehensive tax reform that will help strengthen our economy and create more and higher paychecks for american workers. >> what's interesting is with a lot of big bills you see the speaker get up and try to fire up his troops to vote for...
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i would rather him than eric cantor between them. i don't trust cantor as far as i can throw him. >> is that the prevailing sentiment out there? >> no, i think there's a lot of respect for john boehner and his caucus. it's a develvery difficult caul us lead, especially the way john is doing it today, a lot more open communication with his caucus. it's a less forceful speakership than we've seen from some speakerships in the past but john boehner having come through the ranks sees that as a virtue and i think over time the caucus will respect that. he's going to lose some members here and there, they're going to have some battles but i think there's great respect for him to try to lead all of the disparate factions in the republican party in the house right now and he has done that and he's getting the respect of people like peter king. >> going forward, and you mentioned these three big things, not to mention gun control and immigration that will be on the agenda, there's a suggestion certainly by some democrats that now speaker boeh
i would rather him than eric cantor between them. i don't trust cantor as far as i can throw him. >> is that the prevailing sentiment out there? >> no, i think there's a lot of respect for john boehner and his caucus. it's a develvery difficult caul us lead, especially the way john is doing it today, a lot more open communication with his caucus. it's a less forceful speakership than we've seen from some speakerships in the past but john boehner having come through the ranks sees...
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the house speaker joined by eric cantor, told them a plan, they clearly already had in motion. so as wolf was saying, a very, very different tone here. they were absolutely furious. that is an understatement. i think the lesson here is, you know, do not anger new yorkers and people from new jersey who are already really upset and really angry because you will get a backlash and that's exactly what happened. and what was most noteworthy to me was the kind of anger that came from the speaker's fellow republicans, never mind the democrats, who are from that region. >> yeah. well, i have to say chris christie was the picture and sound of the day because he -- first it was peter king who let the house speaker have it. and then chris christie comes up afterwards and goes far beyond what peter king had to say about john boehner. >> reporter: it was unbelievable. i was e-mailing with people here on capitol hill, republican sources saying have you ever seen anything like this. and the answer was no. he was not only slamming republicans, not only slamming the house republican leadership,
the house speaker joined by eric cantor, told them a plan, they clearly already had in motion. so as wolf was saying, a very, very different tone here. they were absolutely furious. that is an understatement. i think the lesson here is, you know, do not anger new yorkers and people from new jersey who are already really upset and really angry because you will get a backlash and that's exactly what happened. and what was most noteworthy to me was the kind of anger that came from the speaker's...
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or so, after about a 20-minute meeting with the speaker john boehner and the majority leader eric cantor, congressman peter king of new york met with reporters, listen to this, speaker, and he said this. >> bottom line is that between friday morning and january 15th those two votes will bring in $60 billion that's absolutely necessary for new york, new jersey, and connecticut. so as far as i'm concerned, i think i can speak for all the members of the new york and new jersey delegations, it was an extremely positive meeting. >> extremely positive meeting. are you satisfied with the assurances that congressman king got? >> you know, look, i have a lot of respect for congressman king. but i'm not going to be satisfied until it's done. really? speaker boehner as i understand it gave lots of republicans, members of congress, other leaders in this situation assurances that this would happen before this congress left. it didn't. now, it is certainly more positive that they said they are going to vote than saying nothing at all. but what message has speaker boehner sent here? that people who are
or so, after about a 20-minute meeting with the speaker john boehner and the majority leader eric cantor, congressman peter king of new york met with reporters, listen to this, speaker, and he said this. >> bottom line is that between friday morning and january 15th those two votes will bring in $60 billion that's absolutely necessary for new york, new jersey, and connecticut. so as far as i'm concerned, i think i can speak for all the members of the new york and new jersey delegations,...
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just an interesting point of trivia for you, eric cantor, congressman eric cantor, sometimes questioned about his loyalty to speaker boehner just cast his vote, and he voted for john boehner to maintain his speakership. we'll be right back with more "happening now." against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. jenna: a little bit about what's happening in the economy. we had new weekly jobs numbers from the labor d., and the number of americans filing for first-time unemployment rising to 372,000 in the last week of 2012. one number we try to look at is 375, 350,000, below those numbers is what you'd like to see to see some longer-term job growth. it's something that we're kind of bouncing in between, so we're going to continue to watch this number. adp, a company that prints paychecks, released their monthly report suggesting it actually went up in december, so that's a good sign. again, one report or from one private company showing 215,000 private jobs added. we'll ask about whether or not that's a seasonal hiring as we take a
just an interesting point of trivia for you, eric cantor, congressman eric cantor, sometimes questioned about his loyalty to speaker boehner just cast his vote, and he voted for john boehner to maintain his speakership. we'll be right back with more "happening now." against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. jenna: a little bit about what's happening in the economy. we had new weekly jobs numbers from the labor d., and the...
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investigator boehner spoke with christie and then a and eric cantor met with congressional delegations from new york and new jersey aassured them that a sandy package in a new form is their pop tryer on the. the newly sworn in house will vote on getting immediate resources to the national flood insurance program and then on the 15th, the first full day of the new legislative session, there will be votes on the rest of the sandy aid package. in washington, shannon breen, fox news. >>> also in this morning's top stories, classes resume for students and teachers of sandy hook elementary school. this comes less than three weeks after the deadly shooting there. classes will be held in a former middle school just down the road from the shooting scene in the town of monroe. parents and students got a look at their new school at an open house yesterday. former principal of sandy hook who just retired two years ago will return to that role today. >>> also in the headlines, secretary of state hillary clinton out of the hospital. we'll have an update on her condition when we continue. . >>>
investigator boehner spoke with christie and then a and eric cantor met with congressional delegations from new york and new jersey aassured them that a sandy package in a new form is their pop tryer on the. the newly sworn in house will vote on getting immediate resources to the national flood insurance program and then on the 15th, the first full day of the new legislative session, there will be votes on the rest of the sandy aid package. in washington, shannon breen, fox news. >>>...
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a lot of people looked at that and said is there a rift, is this eric cantor positioning himself for a coup. i think that's fairly unlikely. the house speaker boehner certainly has plenty of support going into his election tomorrow where he's expected to be reelected the speaker of the house when the 113th congress convenes. so i think folks are reading a little into that. but certainly it was eric cantor being a little who are conservatives. >> many are very angry about this deal. we saw this tweet from the tea party expression, amy cramer said i'm disgusted with what happened in the house last night. there will be consequences. what will the blow back be, do you think? >> in the short term, i don't think there's much at all. and certainly many folks believe that the tea party may be losing steam if anything under this new deal. but remember, as brianna pointed out, we'll be back here again in march. you have the debt limit, the government maxed out its credit card december 31st. treasury is now taking extraordinary measures for the government to pay its bills. you have the continui
a lot of people looked at that and said is there a rift, is this eric cantor positioning himself for a coup. i think that's fairly unlikely. the house speaker boehner certainly has plenty of support going into his election tomorrow where he's expected to be reelected the speaker of the house when the 113th congress convenes. so i think folks are reading a little into that. but certainly it was eric cantor being a little who are conservatives. >> many are very angry about this deal. we saw...
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i don't think eric cantor challenges him but i think he a weaker speaker because of all this. jon: what about paul ryan? he voted for this thing, right? >> paul ryan you have to kind of wait and see. marco rubio was given a gift from god being in the senate and being able to vote against this thing. i think it will help him in the primaries. let's him stay pure and statesman like. paul ryan has more explaining to do going into presidential primaries going into all of this. he can make his case. he is persuasive guy. he has to say look i didn't want to dodge the tough question. this was the best possible decision, best possible decision among a lot of bad decisions to be made. but that will be, maybe have easier time making that case six months from now but there are not a lot of people on the right who want to hear it. jon: what about president obama? he sure seemed happy at that rally if that is what you want to call it? >> look i think president obama really doesn't appreciate the fact that he is the president to the entire country and not just the sort of chorus of his supp
i don't think eric cantor challenges him but i think he a weaker speaker because of all this. jon: what about paul ryan? he voted for this thing, right? >> paul ryan you have to kind of wait and see. marco rubio was given a gift from god being in the senate and being able to vote against this thing. i think it will help him in the primaries. let's him stay pure and statesman like. paul ryan has more explaining to do going into presidential primaries going into all of this. he can make his...
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gregg: wow, we got a ephappy new year out of eric cantor. maybe i couldn't hear and maybe the speaker said something. we couldn't make it out. we'll try to find out from mike emanuel there at the capitol. heather: very big place. very tall ceiling. gregg: very cavernous. the audio is awful. heather: cavernous, that is good word for it. let's look how much money the fiscal cliff tax hikes could cost your family. this is it. if your annual income between 20 and $30,000 your tax bill could go up $1200 next year. that jumps to more than 1700 for those making 40 and 50,000. the fiscal cliff will cost those making 75 and 100 grand more than $3500. and while those making between 200 and 500,000 will be paying about $14,000 more. if you make more than $500,000, a year, get ready to pay roughly an extra $35,000. if you make over one million, your tax increase will be near $216,000. gregg: lots of numbers, lots of digits there. wow!. wow! so how much progress is being made to avoid all of what you just saw? we'll ask california congressman buck mckeow
gregg: wow, we got a ephappy new year out of eric cantor. maybe i couldn't hear and maybe the speaker said something. we couldn't make it out. we'll try to find out from mike emanuel there at the capitol. heather: very big place. very tall ceiling. gregg: very cavernous. the audio is awful. heather: cavernous, that is good word for it. let's look how much money the fiscal cliff tax hikes could cost your family. this is it. if your annual income between 20 and $30,000 your tax bill could go up...
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cantor. he decides he is voting no. part of the leadership. lori: not until there were enough yes votes to get requisite approval for the deal. melissa: what would your advice be? >> i think republicans would he will be well-served to discover if they are a political party or simply a fund-raising origination and a branding mechanism. because they seem to have no ground operation which is essential if you will be a political party and you're going to it up candidates for president. they don't seem to have any principles they won't abandon. they seem to have no vision they will share with the rest of us. you i think they're really at cliff, they're at the precipice no longer being a relevant political party. lori: that is huge statement, lou. melissa: could they use the opportunity, whether the debt ceiling or --. lori: sorry to come in but the social issues. you know what i mean. do they need to do better job connecting with the general public on social side of things, gay marriage, abortion,
cantor. he decides he is voting no. part of the leadership. lori: not until there were enough yes votes to get requisite approval for the deal. melissa: what would your advice be? >> i think republicans would he will be well-served to discover if they are a political party or simply a fund-raising origination and a branding mechanism. because they seem to have no ground operation which is essential if you will be a political party and you're going to it up candidates for president. they...
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you had majority leader eric cantor going another way. there seems to be a split inside the party. >> and you hear it in the grassroots. you hear it all across the country. the republican party historically has been against raising taxes. but viewers should know that 98.5% of americans are going to get a permanent tax cut and that even grover norquist the leader in the anti-tax movement has said that this isn't a tax increase. you're correct, that there are schisms within the gop that did not exist before but that's what a new congress does. and if the focus turns from tax policy to spending i think that you'll find that the republicans will unite. >> yeah, but i think part of the criticism as you know frank, is that here's a republican party that agreed to tax cuts but got no spending cuts and no entitlement reform out of this president, that it wasn't a great deal after all. >> and that's -- and the american people would agree with that. norah, you're correct. and so they're going to come back at this with the debt ceiling and with the
you had majority leader eric cantor going another way. there seems to be a split inside the party. >> and you hear it in the grassroots. you hear it all across the country. the republican party historically has been against raising taxes. but viewers should know that 98.5% of americans are going to get a permanent tax cut and that even grover norquist the leader in the anti-tax movement has said that this isn't a tax increase. you're correct, that there are schisms within the gop that did...
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cantor in particular. jon: that's what we're talking about. let me play for you what senator tom harkin said just a bit ago. we opened the senate session this hour with senate majority leader harry reid who basically said we're still talking but no progress or no real progress to report. didn't say much very frankly. then senator harkin took the microphone. here is what he had to say. >> if we're going to have a deal, the deal has to favor the middle class, the real middle class, those making 30, 50, 60, $70,000 a year. that is the real middle class in america. and as i see this thing developing, quite frankly, as i have said before, no deal is better than a bad deal. this looks like a very bad deal the way this is shaping up. jon: ron, what about that plan b bill that the house passed or you know, what was considering, that would have raised taxes on those making a million dollars and up? >> well that is what is confusing me is that we want, republicans want to save taxpayers as many taxpayers as possible
cantor in particular. jon: that's what we're talking about. let me play for you what senator tom harkin said just a bit ago. we opened the senate session this hour with senate majority leader harry reid who basically said we're still talking but no progress or no real progress to report. didn't say much very frankly. then senator harkin took the microphone. here is what he had to say. >> if we're going to have a deal, the deal has to favor the middle class, the real middle class, those...
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a statement from house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor said getting aid to the victims of hurricane sandy should be the first priority and the house will vote friday to direct needed resources to the national flood insurance program and on january 15, the first full legislative day of the 113th congress the house will consider the remaining supplemental requests. that a statement from house speaker boehner. two hours ago, new jersey governor chris christie held a news conference on speaker boehner's decision to not hold a vote yesterday on a bill to help victims of hurricane sandy. >> good afternoon. when hurricane sandy made landfall on august 24, 1992, congress and president bush 41 responded within 31 days with a federal aid package. when hurricane gustav made landfall in 2008 and hurricane ike 12 days later, congress and president bush 43 responded in 17 days with a federal aid package. when hurricane katrina made landfall on august 29, 2005, congress and president bush 43 responded with an initial 62.3 billion aid package in 10 days. hurricane sandy made landfall i
a statement from house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor said getting aid to the victims of hurricane sandy should be the first priority and the house will vote friday to direct needed resources to the national flood insurance program and on january 15, the first full legislative day of the 113th congress the house will consider the remaining supplemental requests. that a statement from house speaker boehner. two hours ago, new jersey governor chris christie held a news...